My interest in the area of genealogy and memorials came from not having very muchknowledge of my fathers side of the family. Not knowing my father due to his death prior to my birth has resulted in my having very limited information about his roots and has given me a deep desire to learn as much as I possibly can about all sides of my family. I enjoy taking photos of old headstones in order to prevent lostmemories for other families.I have really enjoyed findagrave and have connected with some amazing people. I want to thank everyone that drops by to visit my loved ones memorials and thank you ever so much for the love and kindness you have shown.

God Bless You, Crystal

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I am usually willing to transfer if the person you are requesting is not a member of my own family. I am very flexible with transfers and do not limit them to only to a direct line.

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FIND A GRAVE FAQ Photos posted to memorials on Find A Grave are copyrighted by the member who submitted the photos. Lifting the photo to use elsewhere(on other sites) would be a violation of copyright. You must obtain written permission from the member to use any photo for your own use.

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Please do not use my photos without my permission. I will gladly share if asked.

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~~A Visit to the Gravesite~~

Dear Ancestor, Your Tombstone stands among the rest,Neglected and alone. The name and dates are chiseled here,On polished marbled stone.It reaches out to all who care,Though it is too late to mourn.You do not know that I exist,You died and I was born.Yet each of us are cells of you,In flesh, in blood, and bone.The place you filled so many years ago, I wonder if you could have known,Would spread among the ones you leftIn all the seeds you've sown.I wonder if you lived and loved?I wonder if you ever knew?That someday I would find you this spot,And come to visit you?

~~Thanks so much to all who visit my loved ones memorials. I am so grateful for the kindness you share with us and the love tokens you leave for them. I am sorry that I don't often stop by and thank each one of you individually for leaving flowers for my memorials, but I do try and visit your memorials and leave flowers for your love ones when I can.~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~